Cover of The Year I Stopped to Notice by Miranda Keeling. Artwork by Taaryn Brench: brightly coloured, block-colour-style pictures of a sausage dog and a notebook and a potted plant and two mittens and a pigeon and a cyclist and a lucky cat figurine and a fishmonger's van.

Quote by Philip Pullman: This book is a delight. It's a vivid reminder that the world is full of little surprises, momentary little fountains of pleasure and beauty, that could be visible to all of us if we learned to stop and notice as Miranda Keeling does.'

Art by Luci Power: a watercolour painting of two men playing chess outside a cafe surrounded by autumn leaves and a curious fox. Baubles decorate the cafe and light spills out from inside.

A page of the book: Two men sit outside a cafe in the dark, the last of the autumn leaves swirling around them. They are playing chess. One man rests his head in his palm. The other reaches for a piece. Like an opening fan, five people at a bus stop lean sequentially to the left as they try to read the number of the bus coming up the road.

So there are 1000 copies left of my book in stock. That sounds like a lot, but last year they were sold out way before Christmas. If you think you'll want a copy of The Year I Stopped to Notice before then, I'd make sure you don't wait too long! Available in all good bookshops 🎁

If you know me from the “other place” please do reply to this post and let me know who you are so I can follow you back. I’d love to keep in touch with as many people as possible, but I’m getting a bit confused as to who’s who on here. I’d also be grateful if you would share this message for me!

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😂😂 have a fab day 😊

B*tch 😡

I know it's a little early for an advert on here but this evening I'll be opening my Etsy shop (silverpebble) to take orders for🌲.

I cast real flowers & nature finds in recycled silver & make tiny wearable versions of much-loved bird species.

I'll link to my shop this evening...I ship anywhere🌿

Love my skinny jeans 😊

Ready to be invaded by the grands 😊

❤️

I used pva glue/water (home made modpodge) to stiffen felt. I think it would work with wool?

Well that’s put me off 😂

Morning 😊

Well here it is folks, our last ever Christmas Box.
It's got some genuinely ace stuff in it.
We only have 300 available as that's all we can afford to make.
This is the time of year we can hopefully keep ourselves afloat.
Thanks for the support as ever.
Pls RT!
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Wtf 😂😂

@helenintgarden.bsky.social Emma @silverpebble2.bsky.social has arrived 😊

Oh. 🤷‍♀️

What fight?

Without sounding like a fan girl, your account had made me so much more aware of the smallest things around me. Thank you 😊

Yeah, thanks 😂

You are beautiful ❤️

Morning 😊 might have to clean the fridge today, give me something to do 😂

😂😂😂

Me too 😂

Sounds nice 😊

a man wearing a floral sweater says " and good luck with that " ALT: a man wearing a floral sweater says " and good luck with that "

To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway.

Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.

You have until noon on Sunday 17th November

Ooh, thank you 😊

Trying to find the nice people who have moved over from twitter is a bit hit and miss today 🤷‍♀️

Added 😊

Oooh, one for the wish list 😊 I need gentle reading atm